Chamber 4 - Newton
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Chamber 4 - Newton was something of an odd space, as it had for most of the Packing House's history not been one consistently held space.
This chamber was more of an extra wide corridor running along the Peacock Road side of the Packing House, and backing onto Chamber 3 - Granny Smith, Chamber 5 - Brammley, Chamber 6 - Rome Beauty, Chamber 7 - Stewart, and Chamber 8 - Democrat.
Very early in Tyabb Packing House Antiques' operation it was open at the end, opening into Chamber 10 - Crofton, and while it is shown like this on early maps drawn up ahead of opening, it was shortly thereafter closed off due to fire safety requirements to be able to isolate Chamber 1 - Tycos and the connected rooms from the rest of the main building, this was done with two large fire doors at Chamber 9 and Chamber 10.
From the mid-2000s until 2015 Wendy Morrison held the space along this chamber, covering the space facing Chamber 6 - Rome Beauty and Chamber 7 - Stewart (up to the emergency exit door).
In 2015 Wendy Morrison moved to Chamber 9 - Jonathon.
Additionally in 2015 Jill Anderson moved from Chamber 9 to a portion of this chamber.
After this time the dealers in the various chambers which backed onto this space began to utilise the space as an extension of their chambers' areas.
That is until early 2023 when Unique & Antique took on the space from the Chamber 3 - Granny Smith chamber opening all the way along to the emergency exit door that opens onto Chamber 7 - Stewart.
Located at the 'front' end of Newton were the 'staff' toilets, hidden behind a door that simply said "Private". Unlike the main toilets located in Chamber 27 - Golden Delicious that were converted from a septic tank to sewer, these staff toilets still remained connected a septic tank located at the front of Packing House. It was possible to tell where the outflow for this septic tank was, as it was where the grass grew particularly well (or as when it had been mown the grass was a different density and grew back at a different rate).
Through the "Private" door held a small vestibule area and two cubicles one for men and one for women, with quite an open ceiling above, one of the few places in the Packing House where you could see the corrugated iron roof.
Note: Images have dates written in YEAR-MONTH-DAY format, as there is a mix of mediums of images with some having more exact dates than others.
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This main switch board for the Packing House was located at one end of this chamber closest to Chamber 8 - Democrat.
All the plants planted along the exterior of this chamber, which provide some buffering between this chamber and Peacock Road were planted as part of the renovation in 1993.
Other obscurities
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